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The Break-Up

2006 PG-13 1h 46m Comedy, Drama, Romance Universal Pictures

…pick a side.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$119M
Final
Opening Weekend
$39.2M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.03x
Opening → Total
Budget
$52.0M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$206M
$87.0M international
2006 Rank
#18
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 2-4 1 $39.2M $39.2M 3,070 $13K 1
Jun 9-11 World Cup (Germany) 2 $20.3M -48.1% $73.9M 3,075 $7K 2
Jun 16-18 World Cup (Germany) 5 $9.8M -51.6% $92.3M 3,146 $3K 3
Jun 23-25 World Cup (Germany) 7 $6.6M -32.9% $104.2M 2,906 $2K 4
Jun 30-Jul 2 World Cup (Germany) 9 $3.0M -54.7% $110.2M 1,911 $2K 5
Jul 7-9 World Cup (Germany) 10 $1.6M -45.8% $114.3M 1,175 $1K 6
Jul 14-16 14 $888K -45.2% $116.1M 797 $1K 7
Jul 21-23 17 $447K -49.7% $117.1M 406 $1K 8
Jul 28-30 22 $293K -34.4% $117.6M 283 $1K 9
Aug 4-6 33 $162K -44.6% $118.0M 225 $720 10
Aug 11-13 35 $161K -0.5% $118.2M 198 $814 11
Aug 18-20 41 $129K -20.2% $118.4M 157 $820 12

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPeyton Reed
ScreenplayJeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender
StarringJennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Joey Lauren Adams, Ann-Margret, Jason Bateman, Judy Davis
StudioUniversal Pictures